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Book SynopsisFocuses on a prominent Moroccan Islamic scholar of the early twentieth century, this book investigates the creative process of transforming Islamic law to guarantee the survival of a Muslim community in a changing world.
Trade Review"Are Islamic law and modern social needs compatible? In this thoughtful and engaging study the author provides rare insight into how one man's struggle with this issue produced a body of work that has great currency for the issues now confronting all those who will be impacted by the Arab Spring." -- Lawrence Rosen * Princeton University *
"[
Old Texts, New Practices] is a much welcome and knowledgeable addition to the bookshelves of Islamic legal studies, and of modern Moroccan history. It demonstrates Etty Terem's excellent scholarship, and reveals for a wide academic community—both researchers and students—a piece of history which was out of sight."––Orit Ouaknine-Yekutieli,
Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam"This brilliantly conceived and meticulous study revises our understanding of the nature of Islamic reformism. By locating
fatwas in their social context, Etty Terem shows how the Maliki jurist al-Wazzani fashioned a characteristically Moroccan response to the societal dangers posed by modernity and colonialism." -- Jonathan Katz * Oregon State University *
